Andrew Kimbrell: Genetic Engineering and the Ownership of Life

In a dramatic sweep, Kimbrell takes us from the industrial age of pyrotechnology to today’s biotechnology. Genetically engineered food concerns us in the most intimate way. We are already eating it every day. Andy Kimbrell is the Director of the International Center for Technology Assessment , Washington, DC and author of The Human Body Shop.
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Side B: Sigmund Kvaloy: Bio-pollution by Trade,  The Invasion of Ecosystems
Sigmund Kvaloy’s biggest concern is the invasion of ecosystems by foreign species. They suddenly take over the new environment or spread diseases for which no immunity exists. Hear how prions, viruses, insects, bacteria, parasites, ants, bees, jellyfish and zebra mussels hitchhike rides on traded goods or in the ballast water of ships. Kvaloy is a philosopher, teacher, and farmer who lives in the mountains above Trondheim, Norway, on land that has been in his family for 11 generations. (2001)
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